Corn-planter.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC B. IILLOM, OF CLAYSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CORN-PLANTER.

sPEcIFIoA'rIoN forming part of Letter; Patent No. 648,314, dated Apri124, 1900.

`Applioationled Ianuary 16, 1900. Serial No. 1,634. (No model.) n

To @ZZ whom, 2i-may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC B.. ULLOM, a citif the seedbox and whereby any of the articles above enumerated may be independently and singly discharged or whereby anydesired combination can be effected.

A further object of the invention is to provide a very simple device for accomplishing the above result and means for regulating the outlets of the seedbox, which seedbox is provided with various compartments, each compartment having an independent outlet.

Another object of the invention is to provide a-ready means for throwing the actuating mechanism of the drop-slide out of gear with said slide. v

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination vof the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar charactersof reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved implement. Fig. 2 is a central verti-` cal section onthe line 2 2 in Fig. 4 through the seedbox and drop-slide, the seedbox being drawn on a larger scale than shown in Fig.` 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken at right angles to the section shown in Fig. 2 and on'the line 3 3 in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal sec-` tion taken practically on the line 4 4 in Fig. 3.

The frame of the machine consists of aforward loop-section comprisingtwo side bars 10, properly spaced and connected centrally at their forward portions by extensions 11, to which the clevis 12 is attached, and beams 13 extend rearward from the side bars 10 of the forward loop-sections in opposite directions. Each beam 13 is downwardly and forwardly curved. The beams are connected by crossbars 14, as-shown in Fig. 1, and on these crossbars the seedbox is supported. The seedbox is provided with the usual furrow-opening drill 1,5, having, preferably, a steel point 15, as shown in Fig. 1, and this drill is braced to the cross-bar of the frame by a brace-rod 16 or its equivalent. Other brace-rods 17 extend from the beams 13 and connect with handles 17 a, which are secured to the forward portions of the beam-sections 13 of the frame. The seedbox is preferably divided by suitable partitions linto three compartmentsnamely, a central compartment 18, adapted to contain corn, and two side compartments 19 and 20, one of which side compartments may contain a fertilizin g material and the otherside compartment pumpkin-seed or beans, as may be required, so that corn and pumpkin-seed or beans may be simultaneously planted and fertilizer distributed to the hills. As will be hereinafter set forth, the corn maybe planted alone and the fertilizing material and the auxiliary seed may be dropped whenever desired.

The bottom of the seedbox B is provided with three openingsf-acentral opening 18a and side openings'19L and 20a-and the seed- `box is so supported on the drill 15 that a seeddrop slide may operate readily with aforwardand-backward movement immediately beneath the openings in the bottom of the seedbox. This seed-drop slide C consists of a forward member 21, located at the forward portion of the seedbox, and side members 22 and 23, one of which has movement below the opening 2Oa in the bottom of the seedbox and the other has movement below the opening 19a in said box. The third and independent member 24 is mounted to slide beneath the centralfo'pening 18a in the seedbox beneath the main seed-drop slide, and this central member 24 may be attached to the main slide by means of a screw or a bolt 26,so that all three members may be moved simultaneously; but when the bolt or screw 26- is removed the main slide remains idle, while the central slide 24 only operates. The central 4slide 24 is provided with a forward extension 25, and this extension is provided with a longitudinal slot 27, in which a plate 28 is adapted to fit, said plate being hinged to the extension 25 ofthe central member of the drop-slide at the rear of the slot 27 therein, as shown in IOO this cut-off slide when in its inner ornrmal Fig. 4. TheY forward portion of theplate 28 is provided with an opening 29,w.hich Vis adapted to receive a pin 29a, extending upward from the upturned rear end 30 of an lactuat-V ing-bar 31, which actuating-bar vis held toY slide in guides 3'2,carried by the 4loopfsection of the frame A, and an inverted-U-shaped directing-rod 33 is secured to the actuatingrod 31, andthevmembers of the directing-rod extend downwardly at each sideof the axle 34, journaled in the loop-sectionof the frame',

upon which the forward supportinglfwheel .ofthe implement is secured or is .mounted to turn, the said supporting-wheelbeing within the forward or loop section ofthe frame, as

shown in Fig. 1.k A trip-pin 36 is'secured to Y one of the spokes of the supporting-wheel', which pin by alternate engagement with themembers of the directing-rod 33 reeiprocates 4or imparts end movement -to the ac tuati'ng-` rod 3l.` that a forward-and-backward reciprocating Vmovement is imparted to the seeddropslide C. Preferably the members of the seeddrop slide Care mounted to slide in grooves producedfin van auxiliary'bottom D, as shown in adapted to, register wit-h4 the pockets in the members of the slide, which are adaptedto discharge material.

pos iti'on,'as shown in Fig.`4, is adapted to prevent any material contained in the com- I pertinent y20 fIQ'm. escaping therefrom; n0' vmatter' whether the: entire drop-slidefCis in loperation or'not, and this cut-0E 37 is conn ected with alever 37a,`fulcrumed 'atfthe f outer side of thefseedbox, ,thehandle oi" the lever being adapted to enter suitable notches or recesses 40 in an extension v39 from the rear i portion of the `seedloox. A similiar'. ycut-off 38 is provided for the side compartmentlQ,

the cut-oi 38 being attached toa lever 3 8?,

which lever enters notches or recesses 42 in as s hown in Figs. 3 andA 4.

S metimes it is desirable that more or less 'seed should be dropped than at other times, and to that end in each of the members'of the dropslide O, which .extend below the openings 18, 19?, and 20a'in the seedbox,"a longitudinal slot is Vproduced in which a bush# a pljection'4lfrom` the rear ofthe seedbox,

ving 43 is introduced, and each bushing is'pro? vided with an opening 44 near one end. and withan opening k45 near the opposite end, and in the dierent bushingsthe openings 44 and 45 areof different capacity.v Immedi-- atelyabove eachof theb'ushings 43a scraper drop-slide and likewise preventany mo re maopenings 18a, 19,"andi 2 0, the said Scrapers 4Gbeingadapted to remove surplus material from ,the openings in the bushings rof, fthe terial entering the openings than is neces- I'n this manner it will be observed sary. When the seed-drop slide rh'oves for; wardly, theseed is received in` the openings 45 lof thevbushings of the slide and is carried beneath the Scrapers 46 and deposited in a suitable trough, which leads to the drill 15, and 'at the rearward -movement of theseed drop slide the forward openings 44 of the bushings 43 receive thel seed and conduct the same to the drill. f

As heretofore stated,when the central mem# ber 24 of the, seed-drop slide is disconnected Vfrom thejmainv 'portion' of the slide this part only is operated automatically and corn only is dropped; but when the three membersk of the seed-drop slide are connected the cutoffs 37 and 38 may bebrought in position to prevent any material escaping from'the side compartments -off'the seedbox, and whenever it is'desired to `deposit a fertilizing material for to drop pumpkin or other vauxiliary Seed it is simply necessary forthe operator to open either oneor the other ofthe cut-os 37 and 38by manipulating their levers 37a and 38"'.

Bothof these cut-ods may beheld open during the operationfof'the machine or either one of them, as may be desired. Covering-blades 47 are attached to the lower 'portions of the'beams 13V of the frame. These covering-blades'may be turned end for end and are so ltwisted or curved that they incline outwardly in opposite directions Vanditend to throw the earth into the furrow made bythe point of ,the'drilha'nd thus cover the seed.

IOO

" When it is desired to stop theoperation of the machine, itis simply necessary to disconnect the 1platef28'from'xthe actuating-bar 31,- and this "is readilyaccomplished by lifting said bar 28. Such lifting action is .ordinarily brought about through themedium of ashaft l48, lusually journaledatthe front of the seedbox" B, which shaft is provided with va crank- Varm49 atits inner. end, connected by a chain 50 with the .plate 28, and the shaftf48 is provided at its oufterend with asecond'crankarm 51, which extends vupward andisheld to `'slide withinl akeeper 5 2, (shown in Figs, land 3,) andthis keeper is provided, with notches 53, adapted to receive a thumb-latch 54, carriedbythe outer crank armor handle 51 of theshaft48. i The "two notches 53, are pro-- vided inthe keeper inY order-that; the handle l'oftheshaft 48may be locked r.in two positions, fthe upper position servingl to hold the Ilo plate 28 fat an angle tothe seed-,drop slide, Y

whilewheln the thumb-latch54 is in the lower notch53 the plate may remain seated in the extension of the seed-drop slide and in engagement with theactuating-bar31.

o. Having thus describedmy invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters "Patentorguide-plate 46 is preferably pivoted ill-' the i 1. Inia planter, thecombination, with a frame terminating in` beams, said beams belng provided withcoveringLblades extending outwardly in opposite directions, a supporting-:wheel for the forward section of the frame, an actuating-barheld to slide in the forward portion of the frame and provided with an inverted-U-shaped directing-bar, a projection from a spoke of the supporting-wheel, ar-

` rangedrfor engagement with the members of the directing-bar, and a drill carried by the rear portion of the frame, of a seedbox mounted over the said drill, which box is provided with a series of compartments, Veach having an independent outlet, and cut-os for the outlets of the side compartments, means for operating said cut-offs, a seed-drop slide having a member for each of -the com- Y partments, the drop-slide being arranged to operate between the bottom of the seedbox and the cnt-otrs, the side members ofthe seeddrop slide being connected and the central member having a detachable engagement with the connected side members, an extension from the central member of the seeddrop slide, a plate having a hinged connection with the said extension and arranged for engagement with the actuating-bar, and means for raising and lowering said plate, as described.

2. In a planter, a frame terminating in beams, covering-blades carried by said beams, a seedbox mounted on the frame and provided with a series of compartments each having an independent outlet, cut-'os for the voutlets of the side compartments, means for name to this speciiication in the presence of 45 two subscribing witnesses.

ISAAC B. ULLOM. lVitnesses:

J. L. NAHAR, J. W. CLUTTER. 

